When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white Evangelical family plucks him from the streets.

Then two great forces alter Oher: the family’s love and the evolution of professional football itself into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback’s greatest vulnerability — his blind side.

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Patrick Kerney wraps a black graphite glove around his neck, wires it to the portable neurmuscular stimulator in his locker and sends small currents of electricity into his body.

Agony, but No Defeat – washingtonpost.com: Campbell was tackled from behind by Chicago Bears defensive ends Adewale Ogunleye and Mark Anderson — who weigh 515 pounds combined — and writhed on the grass, tugging at his left knee.